The 4-year contract contains significant pay hikes and will make Albany Med more competitive in the region, both hospital and union leaders said. Dr. Dennis P. McKenna, president and CEO of the Albany ...

ALBANY — Albany Medical Center hospital’s unionized nurses and management have been wrangling for months over an expired contract and what the nurses say is a chronic staff shortage at the facility.

Albany Medical Center’s CEO is pushing back after the New York State Nurses Union rejected what the hospital calls their best and final contract offer. The offer would have included retroactive pay ...

The New York State Nurses Association said nurses have reached a tentative agreement with Albany Medical Center. The union said the four-year deal that includes 16% to 22% first-year wage increases.

NEW YORK (WRGB) — Despite ongoing controversy over union contracts for nurses who claim frequently understaffed shifts and insurance company negotiations looming near the end of the deadline, Forbes ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Nurses with the New York State Nurses Association at Albany Medical Center have reached a tentative four-year contract with the hospital. The deal includes safe staffing ratios ...

Albany Medical Center is giving the New York State Nurses Association until Monday at 5 p.m. to accept its final contract proposal. Albany Med has been negotiating with its unionized nurses for six ...

ALBANY — Nurses at Albany Medical Center overwhelmingly approved a new four-year labor contract, capping off more than a year of negotiations that centered around bolstering staffing levels. The ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The union that represents Albany Medical Center nurses has a new contract with the hospital, after contentious labor negotiations. Hospital leadership and union nurses ...